Detachable handle for brooms



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s. cuNNlNGHAM DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR BROOMS Filed OCb. l0, 1925 lith Sept. 28 1926.

Patented Sept. 28, 1926.

UNITED STATES SYLVESTER CUNNINGHAM, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

DETACI-IABLE HANDLE lFOR BROOMVS.

Application led October 10, 1925. Serial No, 61,829.

This invention relates to detachable the provision of a novel quiclnattachable and Ydetachable fastening, enabling the handle to be applied to the broom head or to be detached therefrom so that the user `may retain the handle when the broom has become worn out and can attach the handle to a new broom head.

Another object of the invention is to enable the brooms to be shipped in knocked oown construction; the handles detached from the broom heads, thus minimizing the space required for shipment of a quantity of brooms. l

rThe principal advantage or my invention over the old style of broom having a` permanently attached handle is that the user only has to purchase a new broom head when the one in use becomes worn, instead of having to pav for a new handle each time a broom is purchased.

An embodiment ot' the invention is hereinaiter described and is shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is aside elevation, showing my improvements, the broom head being broken away; p

Fig. 2 is a detailV view taken at rigln angles to Fig. l, showing the shell or tube in section to disclose the spring fastening;

F ig. 3 is a detail cross section through the shell or tube, spring, and cross-rod; and

Fig'. 4 is a detail view of the tube and cross rod.

rihe broom head is shown at l and ma)1 be of the usual construction with a' wire wound neel: 2 and felt ring or band 3 but it is improved by the addition of a tube or shell 4 which extends down inside ot the neck and into the broom head. rThe tube has an upper flange 5 which engages thc upper end of the neck and also facilitates the entry into the tube of the detachable handle 6.

The detachable handle 6 is provided at its lower end with a cross slot 7 in which is located a spring 8 of peculiar shape, sail spring being bowed at its upper end 9 and there tting the curved end of the slot 7. The legs of the spring contract toward each other and consequently are arranged in converging relationship. These legs have grooved parts l0 and they then vcontinue as curved feet ll which emerge from the slot 7 and engage the lower end of the handle 6.

The curved feet ll engaging the lower end of the ha die, are provided for the reason that they prevent vibration of the legs when the broom is in use and, they enablethe ylegs to snap past the cross pin l2 without dangervot catching on it until the grooved parts i0 `encounter the cross pin.v y

The shell or tube 4 is provided with a cross pin or rod 12 which extends outwardly' beyond the tube and into the broom head an' shown in F ig. l, thus anchoring the shell or tube in the broom head and preventing it from pulling out. rThe rod l2 also serves as a means to be engaged by the parts l0 ci" the spring 8 whereby the handle 6 is connected to the tube 4 as shown in F ig. 2.

Assuming that the broom head has been provided with the tube 4 and that the spring 8 has beenlocated inside of the slot 7, the handle G is pressed down inside of the tube 4 until the parts l0 finally snap into en gagement with the rod l2, said spring maintaining the connection. Then it is desired to discard the broom head l, a quick jerlr on the handle 6 will cause the disconnection ot' the spring 8 from the rod l2, whereupon the handle may be withdrawn from the tube and reinserted in the tube of a fresh broom head.

lvhat I claim is:

In a broom, the combination with a broom head, of a tube or shell located therein, a cross rod carried by the tube and which projects into the broom head to hold the tube in the said head, a handle detachably received within said tube and having a slotted lower end, and a doubled or rebent spring connector located within the slotted lower end aforesaid, said spring having parts adapted to engage the said rod and provided with lower parts which diverge and have their ends located below the lower end oi the handle, for the purposes speeilied.

ln testimony whereof I aiiifr mysignature.

SYLVESTER. GUN NIN GHAN- 

